RICS APC Final Assessment Application Form (MENA)

Please email the completed form to APCME@rics.org by 1700 UAE time on the
deadline dates. Late applications will not be accepted

Candidate name:

RICS Membership Number:

APC Pathway:

Title (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms etc) :

Date of completion (a new application form needs to be
completed on each occasion you cannot reuse the form)

Preferred email
address:
Preferred telephone
number:
Business name and
address:

Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure your personal and business details are
up to date via www.rics.org and MyAPC failure to do so may result in you missing out on
vital information about your assessment and you certificate being printed incorrectly a
charge will be made for duplicate certificates

I confirm that my details are correct on rics.org and MyAPC at the time of sending (please tick)

Please
attach
passport
size
photograph

1. Suitability for Assessment

In order to confirm that you are able to sit your final assessment interview, please tick to confirm
which of the following applies to you.
 First Time Referred
RICS accredited degree + less than 5 years relevant experience
RICS accredited degree + minimum of 5 years of experience
RICS accredited degree + minimum of 10 years of experience
Bachelors degree (or professional body membership) +
minimum of 5 years relevant post qualification experience
Senior Professional Assessment
RICS Enrolment Date (you need to be enrolled for 6 months before you
can apply for Final Assessment)

I have included a copy of my degree/qualification certificate (or provided proof of

degree/qualification in the form of a letter) with this application form (please tick).

2. Assessment details - Interview dates for information

Assessment Final Assessment Final Assessment Interviews

Session Application Submission Commence

Session 1 2015 1st - 6th February 2015 24th - 28th February 2015 15th April 2015
(UAE/Abu Dhabi)
Session 1 2015 20th 24th February 2015 17th 21st March 2015 15th May 2015
(Rest of GCC)
Session 2 2015 17th 21st July 2015 6th 10th August 2015 30th September 2015
(UAE/Abu Dhabi)
Session 2 2015 20th 24th August 2015 10th 14th September 4th November 2015
(Rest of GCC) 2015
Session 1 2016 1st - 6th February 2016 24th - 28th February 2016 15th April 2016
(UAE/Abu Dhabi)
Session 1 2016 20th 24th February 2016 17th 21st March 2016 15th May 2016
(Rest of GCC)
Session 2 2016 17th 21st July 2016 6th 10th August 2016 30th September 2016
(UAE/Abu Dhabi)
Session 2 2016 20th 24th August 2016 10th 14th September 4th November 2016
(Rest of GCC) 2016

Please note that the above is subject to change depending on the volume of applications
received for some pathways.

3. Assessment centre location preference

Please tick your preferred location

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Oman - Muscat Bahrain- Manama
UAE Dubai Qatar - Doha
UAE Abu Dhabi

Please note the following;

It may not be your first choice of assessment location that you are allocated to; therefore you must
keep all your chosen assessment dates free until you receive confirmation from RICS.

4. Additional information

Please indicate and provide details below if you have any of the following disabilities, and wish the
assessment panel to take this into account for your APC:

Learning, such as dyslexia Hearing

Access Speech
Other, please provide
Visual
details

All of these must be supported in writing (psychological assessment report/supporting evidence

must be included with this form) and certified accordingly. The supporting/medical evidence must
suggest what reasonable adjustments RICS should take into consideration. This information must
be submitted at each attempt for final assessment, regardless of sending it in for a previous
assessment.

5. Declared competencies

Please identify below your core and optional competencies you have chosen for your APC pathway.
These must be the competencies declared and signed off by your counsellor for the assessment. It
is imperative these competencies match those contained in your submission documentation, which
will go to the interview panel. This information will be stored by RICS on your records for future use.

For further information please refer to the APC Pathway guide www.rics.org/pathway

Technical - core competencies

Competency title Level achieved as per your APC pathway

guide

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Technical - optional competencies (to include any optional plus competencies, if applicable
to your pathway)

Competency title Level achieved as per your APC pathway

guide

Application for Election as a Professional Member (MRICS)

Candidate Name:
Membership Number:

We the undersigned, propose and recommend the candidate from personal knowledge, or from
careful enquiry, as in every respect worthy of election and propose him/her to the Governing Council
as a proper person to be admitted to the RICS.
For the signatures of the proposer and seconders, (who must be Fellows (FRICS) or Members
(MRICS) of RICS), at least one must be a fellow and no more than two should be from the
candidates employing firm or organisation.
The proposer on your application form has to be your counsellor
You must provide 3 signatures on the application form at the time you submit to RICS. No
allowances will be made for missing signatures to be sent later. If there are signatures
missing, the form will be sent back to you and your assessment date will be deferred for 6
months. Please note that the annual fees of your proposer or Seconders need to be up to
date to sign this form, if they are not this may result in your application being rejected.

Proposer (This has to be your Counsellor)

Name (Block Capitals)
Membership Number
FRIC MRIC
Grade (Please tick)
S S
Firm Name

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Signature
Date

Seconder
Name (Block Capitals)
Membership Number
FRIC MRIC
Grade (Please tick)
S S
Firm Name
Signature
Date

Seconder
Name (Block Capitals)
Membership Number
FRIC MRIC
Grade (Please tick)
S S
Firm Name
Signature
Date

Declaration for Final Assessment Application

Candidate name:
Membership Number:

I have read the following and hereby undertake:

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 To comply and act in accordance with the Charter, Bye-Laws, Regulations and Rules of RICS as they
now exist, or as they may in the future be amended, and also comply with such other requirements as
Governing Council shall determine
To promote the Objects of RICS as far as in my power
Not at any time after ceasing to be a member to use or permit to be used in conjunction with my
name, or name of any organisation with which I may at any time be associated, any designation or
expression denoting or suggesting membership or any connection with RICS
To pay promptly any monies due to RICS, including but not limited to any fee, subscription, levy,
arrears, fine or other penalty, or re-imbursement in accordance with any scheme of compensation, or
in respect of any goods or services commissioned by me from RICS
To declare any criminal conviction within 30 days
That should I wish to terminate my membership, to notify the Chief Executive in writing

I confirm that I have disclosed to RICS full details of the following where applicable:
any charge or conviction of a criminal offence where the penalty could be imprisonment, unless it is
now a spent conviction as provided in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 or the equivalent in my
jurisdiction
any pending disciplinary proceedings or adverse findings made against me by another regulatory
body within the last 3 years
I am not an undischarged bankrupt.
I have not in the last three years been subject to any insolvency proceedings or other arrangement
with creditors in respect of my debts (such as an Insolvency Voluntary Arrangement)

If at any time RICS discovers that you have failed to disclose any of the above or that you have provided false
information it will have the right to terminate your membership with immediate effect (with no further obligation
to refund any subscription or other fees).
I understand and accept that I am accountable for the truth of this declaration.
Confirmation of any disclosures (If you wish to send this information confidentially then please write to
RICS Regulation, Surveyor Court, Westwood Way, Coventry, CV4 8JE, UK):

Name in capitals:
Signature:
Date:

Once you have applied for final assessment and then subsequently wish to defer, please
ensure that this is in writing/e-mail to the Membership Assessment Team apcme@rics.org
Please note if you wish to defer you need to do so before the start of the submission period.
Anyone wishing to defer after that point will incur a deferral charge regardless of whether
they have submitted final assessment submissions. The responsibility lies with the
candidate to notify RICS of the wish to defer, not from a third party.
Data Protection Notice

Data Protection Act

RICS is registered as a data controller under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. When you
sign the application form, you give consent to the storage and processing of your personal data by
RICS for legitimate purposes, which shall include any purpose ancillary to or necessary for the

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processing of your application for the APC/Associate Assessment. This shall include sharing your
data with assessors and using email and applications such as Turnitin (plagiarism detection
software).

RICS will use and store your personal information that is collected from you by us to deal with your
enquiry and membership requirements.
For RICS members, your personal information will be used for a) administering your membership
including sending renewals, b) sending compulsory communications such as those relating to
regulation and conduct, c) sending practice and guidance notes, d) AGM information, e) for any
other reason related to your membership and f) as outlined in our cookie policy.

For non-members, we will use your personal information to a) deal with your enquiry, b) supply you
with information regarding an event, conference, training, products or services as requested, c)
manage your preferences and requests and d) as outlined in our cookie policy.
In order to do this we may contact you by email, post, phone or SMS.

In providing your personal information, you agree to your personal information being processed by
other RICS offices around the world for the purposes set out in this notice, including offices outside
of the EEA in countries which are not deemed to have the same level of protection of personal
information.

Furthermore, RICS would like to use the personal information that you have provided to us in
relation to the communications described below (including by email/telephone, where appropriate).
Please tick the relevant boxes below:

If you do not wish to receive additional communications from RICS about membership and

the profession, tick here

If you do not wish to receive additional communications from RICS about RICS conferences,

events, products, services and training (some of which may complement your CPD requirements),
tick here

For members only, if you do not wish to receive additional communications from RICS

detailing offers from third parties with whom we have negotiated special deals for members*, tick
here

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 RICS would like to pass your details (including email address and phone number) to selected

third parties pre-approved by RICS so that they can let you know from time to time about their
offers, products and services. Please tick here if you do wish to receive communications from
these third parties by email, by post and by phone

Final Assessment Fees

All fees are non-refundable unless you withdraw your application within a cooling off period of 14
days of RICS receiving it. If you decide to withdraw your application you must put this in writing to
us.

Fee payable (Please tick which statement applies to you)

APC Referred candidate 275

APC Re-applying after withdrawing from a previous 275
assessment

If you withdraw your Final Assessment application form your fee will not be refunded or
carried forward to a future session.

Please note that within 30 days of being award RICS professional membership, you will be
required to pay the full subscription amount and upgrade fees of 596.00

PLEASE PROVIDE A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR US TO CALL TO CONTACT YOU IN AN

EMERGENCY